I am sure most of you know about Eduardo Recife and MisprintedType, and if you don't, you haven't been reading lately! That's why I am actually going to cover Eduardo's design and illustration work, because it's new to me and it's a fantastic example of the many ways collage can be used in design. I've actually made a point to do that this year at school--try to use collage in any way I can. I hope Eduardo never stops doing his personal work, because it's quite inspirational to a lot of us!

Eduardo Recife
http://www.misprintedtype.com, www.eduardorecife.com
Brazil

Q: Describe your work in 10 words or less.
A: It's thoughts on paper.

Q: What do you like to work with (magazines, photographs, vintage)? Be specific!
A: I work with all kinds of resources. I've been collecting things for the past 10 years--old magazines, books, found stuff, photos, ephemera... I have a cabinet filled with them.

Q: How long have you been creating collages and what made you start?
A: I have had MisprintedType online for exactly 10 years now... So, I must say that I've been working with collage for around 11 or 12 years. Not exactly sure when I started. But one thing led to the other, I discovered the grunge type on the internet, and all sorts of typographic manipulations, and I fell in love with it. So, usually they used to come with collage works, and so I started to play with type and collage in a very experimental way.

Q: Are you solely an artist, or do you work in another profession?
A: I work mostly as an illustrator these days. But I also enjoy keeping my personal works going; working on collages, drawings and photographs.